And was Mr. Rochester now ugly in my eyes? No, reader: gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 15. Jane is beginning to fall in love with Rochester. The face of the man she thought earlier as not handsome and sometimes stern is now transformed into something beautiful to her. It is the thing she likes best in Thornfield. The image of a bright, cheery fire is used to describe how Rochester’s presence in a room makes Jane feel.